pictures really are worth a thousand words

i love a great photo. i used to get so excited when i finally captured one of my kids looking well dressed and well mannered. however, what i've come to realize as i look back on my favorites - only one out of 10 photos is really a great photo if i'm looking at composition and lighting and all the things that i thought i should be concerned with.



my favorite photos as it turns out, are the ones that were taken while sneaking up on my kids or hastily chasing after them to capture the moment. sometimes they are the photos i take after tip-toe-ing into a dark room to document the "crash" i just heard from downstairs. these are definitely my FAVORITES. these are the ones that i have crammed into their baby albums and these are the ones that really tell the story of who they are.



i will share with you some of my favorites. our daughter has always been her own little person and has brought me from the brink of screaming to all out hysterical laughter with her antics. this is who she really IS and these are the photos i live for.